Bauermeister José A, Johns Michelle M, Pingel Emily, Eisenberg Anna, Santana Matt Leslie, Zimmerman Marc
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
J LGBT Issues Couns. 2011 Apr;5(2):102-121. doi: 10.1080/15538605.2011.574573.
Research examining how sexual minorities characterize love within same-sex relationships is scarce. In this study, we examined the validity of Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love in a sample of sexual minority male youth (N = 447). To test the adequacy of the theory for our population, we examined the psychometric properties of the Triadic Love Scale (TLS) and tested whether the three underlying constructs of the theory (Intimacy, Passion, and Commitment) emerged when participants were asked to consider their ideal relationship with another man. Using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), we found support for the three-factor solution to characterize sexual minority male youths' ideal romantic relationship, after minimizing item cross-loadings and adapting the content of the Passion subscale. We discuss the implications of our findings regarding the measurement of the TLS among sexual minority male youth and propose ways to enhance its measurement in future research.
研究性少数群体如何描述同性关系中的爱情的研究很少。在本研究中，我们在一个性少数男性青年样本（N = 447）中检验了斯腾伯格爱情三角理论的有效性。为了检验该理论对我们所研究群体的适用性，我们检验了三元爱情量表（TLS）的心理测量特性，并测试了当参与者被要求考虑他们与另一个男人的理想关系时，该理论的三个潜在构念（亲密、激情和承诺）是否会出现。通过验证性因素分析（CFA），在最小化项目交叉负荷并调整激情子量表的内容后，我们发现支持用三因素模型来描述性少数男性青年的理想浪漫关系。我们讨论了研究结果对性少数男性青年中TLS测量的意义，并提出了在未来研究中加强其测量的方法。
